Perdita Weeks is wanting again at her time on Magnum P.I. with nice fondness now that the collection has wrapped after 5 seasons.
The crime drama, which premiered in 2018 and ended Wednesday, January 3, featured Jay Hernandez getting into the function of personal investigator Thomas Magnum, the character beforehand made well-known by Tom Selleck within the authentic ’80s collection. Weeks starred as Juliette Higgins, a former MI6 agent who turns into Magnum’s associate earlier than issues flip romantic. The collection additionally starred Zachary Knighton, Amy Hill, Betsey Phillips, Tim Kang and Stephen Hill.
Forming tight-knit bonds together with her costars is likely one of the fundamental issues Weeks will keep in mind probably the most — even when issues began out a bit rocky at first. “Hanging with my best friends was quite fun, although we didn’t start off as best friends, obviously,” she tells Us. “I was like, ‘Who are these people?’”
“It was a little hiccup-y at the beginning,” provides the British actress, who’s presently having fun with her day without work in London. “I was just very English, and they’re very American, and [there] was a big cultural divide at first.”
Ultimately, “I warmed up a bit,” she shares. “I sort of took the stick out from my behind, and we got along famously.”
5 years later, Weeks considers her colleagues to be a few of her closest confidants. “I know these people incredibly well,” she continues. “Jay said, ‘You’ve spent more time with me than you have all of your other friends put together for the whole of your life.’ And I was like, ‘That’s true, because [filming takes] 15 hours a day for eight months of every year.’”
“We’re all super-duper close and there’s a lot of love,” she says. “I would be overjoyed to work with any of them again.”
All through the 5 seasons of Magnum P.I., Weeks’ character confirmed super progress — one thing the actress takes nice delight in. “I loved the way Higgins softened over the years,” the Tudors alum explains, “just from being so close to Magnum and his sweetness rubbing off on her, melting the glacial external shield that she had.”
“The love story was obviously Higgins’ major arc,” Weeks provides. “That whole dynamic — going from disdain to charmed to just full-blown in love with this person — was really fun to play.”
As Us Weekly beforehand reported, Hernandez revealed he “didn’t love” how Magnum P.I. ended, taking to X to specific his disappointment after the finale aired January 3.
(l-r) Emily Alabi as Mahina, Stephen Hill as Theodore “TC” Calvin, Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins and Amy Hill as Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta Zack Dougan/NBC
Although it’s unclear why the actor — who additionally teased the potential of a “standalone film” — was not happy with the present’s conclusion, issues have been left open-ended between Higgins and Magnum. (Higgins spiraled over her future with Magnum after she discovered an engagement ring she wrongly believed was meant for her then advised him she would say sure if he requested her to marry her.)
For her half, Weeks was glad with the place the characters’ story ended — and hopes followers are happy too. “It’s one form of an ending, two people falling in love and living happily ever after,” she says. “I think it was the best kind of bow that could have been put on the show to end it. It was sort of the circle completing.”
